Thanks for the story. I certainly pull dumbshits from time to time also,
usually right after
the foolish thought passes through me that "I hardly ever
make mistakes"
At least your mistake was not related to a fatal jack
stand/hydraulic jack error
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From: wsamouce
<wsamouce@kc.rr.com>
To: TIGERS@autox.team.net
Sent: Mon, April 12, 2010
2:54:05 PM
Subject: [Tigers] Confessions of a moron
I would like to say this
happened years ago but it was this last Saturday.
I have been having issues
with the 7" Girling brake booster for about 2
years now. My car was missing
the booster when I bought it and I bought one
from a great guy (name
withheld).
This booster has been off my car three times and back to (the
guy) for
rebuild and adjustment to try to get it working correctly. It kept
applying
slight pressure to the brakes which is really bad for gas mileage and
brake
pads and shoes.
The brakes started dragging again shortly after
putting it back on the car,
I called the guy and told him I give up and am
going to buy a new Lockheed
booster. He tells me he will send me a 5" Girling
booster to replace the 7"
booster. I say OK . I received the booster last week
and installed it on
Saturday.
I did some other mild work replacing a brake
cylinder and the line that fed
it. So, the new booster is on the car and ready
for pressure bleeding. I use
the Motive pressure bleeder. I pumped the bleeder
up to 15 psi and went to
bleed the first caliper....gurgle, gurgle.the
pressure bleeder just went
dry..WTH? There was at least three pints of brake
fluid in it too???? I
figure that the new booster is bad and all of the fluid
went into the "can"
of the booster.
I pull the "new" booster off and put on
a bypass line. I then bleed the
brakes with no issues. Now I need to send both
boosters back.
I then try to start the engine, it cranked and then locks!
WTF! The engine
hydrolocked, all of the brake fluid was pumped through the
booster, up the
vacuum line, into the manifold and then the cylinders. I am
seriously pissed
at this point. I then pulled all of the spark plugs so I can
get the damn
brake fluid out of the engine. I put lots and lots of paper
towels by each
hole to hopefully catch the fluid as it is expelled.
I hit
the starter and with nothing short of explosions, brake fluid is blown
all
over me, the engine, engine compartment and the front half of the car. I
lose
it at this point and yell bad things so loud that my son comes out of
the
house to check on me.
Not only am I worried that the engine is damaged but
now have a clock
ticking of ruining just about all of the paint on my car.
A
emergency wash down takes place, then soap and water..install the plugs,
start
the engine (smokes like hell), engine sound Ok..drive directly to the
car wash
where I spend $10 pressure washing every part of the car.
Turns out, engine
is OK and I believe all of the paint is safe. Time will
tell on that. I
changed the oil and filter.
Purchased the new Lockheed booster from SS
today.
Lessoned learned.
1. Disconnect the vacuum line to the manifold when
bleeding the system
2. Hand crank the engine if this ever happens again.
Duke
B382002037
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